Working Memory and Speech Recognition in Noise Under Ecologically Relevant Listening Conditions: Effects of Visual Cues and Noise Type Among Adults With Hearing Loss

Christi W Miller; Erin K Stewart; Yu-Hsiang Wu; Christopher Bishop; Ruth A Bentler; Kelly Tremblay

doi:10.1044/2017_JSLHR-H-16-0284

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Working Memory and Speech Recognition in Noise Under Ecologically Relevant Listening Conditions: Effects of Visual Cues and Noise Type Among Adults With Hearing Loss

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Working Memory and Speech Recognition in Noise Under Ecologically Relevant Listening Conditions: Effects of Visual Cues and Noise Type Among Adults With Hearing Loss

Christi W Miller, Erin K Stewart, Yu-Hsiang Wu, Christopher Bishop, Ruth A Bentler and Kelly Tremblay

Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.60(8), pp.2310-2320

08/16/2017

DOI: 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-H-16-0284

PMCID: PMC5829805

PMID: 28744550

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Abstract

This study evaluated the relationship between working memory (WM) and speech recognition in noise with different noise types as well as in the presence of visual cues. Seventy-six adults with bilateral, mild to moderately severe sensorineural hearing loss (mean age: 69 years) participated. Using a cross-sectional design, 2 measures of WM were taken: a reading span measure, and Word Auditory Recognition and Recall Measure (Smith, Pichora-Fuller, & Alexander, 2016). Speech recognition was measured with the Multi-Modal Lexical Sentence Test for Adults (Kirk et al., 2012) in steady-state noise and 4-talker babble, with and without visual cues. Testing was under unaided conditions. A linear mixed model revealed visual cues and pure-tone average as the only significant predictors of Multi-Modal Lexical Sentence Test outcomes. Neither WM measure nor noise type showed a significant effect. The contribution of WM in explaining unaided speech recognition in noise was negligible and not influenced by noise type or visual cues. We anticipate that with audibility partially restored by hearing aids, the effects of WM will increase. For clinical practice to be affected, more significant effect sizes are needed.

Adult

Age Factors

Aged

Auditory Threshold

Cross-Sectional Studies

Cues

Discrimination (Psychology)

Female

Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - psychology

Humans

Linear Models

Male

Memory, Short-Term

Middle Aged

Neuropsychological Tests

Noise

Pattern Recognition, Physiological

Speech Perception

Visual Perception

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Title: Subtitle: Working Memory and Speech Recognition in Noise Under Ecologically Relevant Listening Conditions: Effects of Visual Cues and Noise Type Among Adults With Hearing Loss
Creators: Christi W Miller - University of Washington
Erin K Stewart - University of Washington
Yu-Hsiang Wu - University of Iowa
Christopher Bishop - University of Washington
Ruth A Bentler - University of Iowa
Kelly Tremblay - University of Washington
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.60(8), pp.2310-2320
DOI: 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-H-16-0284
PMID: 28744550
PMCID: PMC5829805
NLM abbreviation: J Speech Lang Hear Res
ISSN: 1092-4388
eISSN: 1558-9102
Grant note: R01 DC012769 / NIDCD NIH HHS P30 DC004661 / NIDCD NIH HHS U54 TR001356 / NCATS NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 08/16/2017
Academic Unit: Communication Sciences and Disorders; Otolaryngology
Record Identifier: 9984258848202771

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